Memphis- Day 1

- Joe, Kristen and I flew Airtran to Memphis,TN

- We got to the airport early early and we saw all the UCF fans dressed in Black and Gold- It was awesome about 70% or more was flying to see the Knights play.

- We met some really nice people from the UCF Foundation and had a nice time talking with them.

- On the plane UCF fans were chanting Black- Gold and UCF! It was great.

- At one point on the trip- a girl walked up and down the aisle with a knight suit and the plane cheered. (I later came to find out that she was propositioned to wear the suit from these 3 UCF fans- one of them being Doug- who I went to UCF with and was a telecounselor with me- He was also the one to see me 1st drunk.

- Joe rented a 4 door sedan for the 3 of us, but when we got to the rental place- we had the choice of a pick up or a VW bug. Joe used his lawyer skills and we ended up with a Soccer Mom mini van- PERFECT for Memphis.

- One of the christmas gift we received was a TOMTOM and it was a lifesaver in Memphis. I had inputted all the important information for the trip. So we knew where the hotel was and some points of interest.

- It was cold in Memphis- granted almost everywhere is colder then Orlando.

- We got to the hotel and dropped our stuff off and headed to get some Memphis BBQ- We went to Germantown Commissary. (Thanks to Kristen's bosses husband for working at FedEx and recommending the place- it is AWESOME!) We waited for John and Heather to get there from DC. We had some great pulled pork sandwiches.

- We headed back to the hotel and then off to Beale St. Where we enjoyed walking and seeing a street full of Knight fans ready to celebrate. It reached a point that people were asking if we won already- I think we were just excited to be at a Bowl game and watching the Knights play one last time.

- Of course we bumped in to Kress- I call him the Mayor- everywhere Kristen and I go- he is there- with a bunch of people.

- We went to BB Kings and had a few beers and listened to Z'da she was great singing and enterntaining the crowd and having little contests with MSU and UCF fans- Can't get the song- "bend over and let me see you shake your tailfeather!" out of my head.

- After that since our group are not big drinkers we walked around and went to Miss Polly's Soul Food cafe for dessert- We were greated by Charles- He is awesome!- He was dressed to impress in a 3 piece suit, fur coat and fedora hat. Man was awesome- he sat us and recommended the buttered fried pie- the 5 of us tried the Pecan, Peach, Apple, Blueberry pie a la mode. Heather had a float. The pies were so good and each came in an iron skillet with vanilla ice cream- O my was it good!!!

- We decided it was time to head to the hotel and get some rest and get ready for the game. Good 1st day lets see what happens tomorrow.